Yom Kippur for Hebrew Year 6479 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes “the Days of Awe”).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Yom Kippur 2715 | 10 Tishrei 6476 | ||
Yom Kippur 2716 | 10 Tishrei 6477 | ||
Yom Kippur 2717 | 10 Tishrei 6478 | ||
Yom Kippur 2718 | 10 Tishrei 6479 | ||
Yom Kippur 2719 | 10 Tishrei 6480 | ||
Yom Kippur 2720 | 10 Tishrei 6481 | ||
Yom Kippur 2721 | 10 Tishrei 6482 | ||
Yom Kippur 2722 | 10 Tishrei 6483 |
Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14 · 22 p’sukim
Torah Portion: Leviticus 18:1-30
Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11; Micah 7:18-20 · 51 p’sukim
Days of Awe
by Shmuel Yosef Agnon
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared
by Rabi Alan Lew
Entering the High Holy Days
by Rabbi Reuven Hammer
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